Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

1980-1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of handwritten correspondence between Saul, Libbie and Trudy Cowan and between Saul and Libbie Cowan and Saul's sister Jean Kalman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

44

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978-1985

Physical Description

3 photographs : col. ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a portrait of Libbie and Saul Cowan at their wedding in June 1978 at Temple Sinai, Toronto, a photo of Libbie and Saul with Belle and Phil Aiken (Libbie's brother) at the Cowan wedding, and a portrait of Libbie and Saul in 1985.

Name Access

Aiken, Belle

Aiken, Phil

Cowan, Libbie

Cowan, Saul

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto

Subjects

Married people

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

45

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]-1992

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 13 cm and 12 x 8 cm and 8 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of Libbie Aiken's family. Included is a photo of her brother Dr. Sidney Aiken in the 1930s, a photograph of Libbie Aiken as a physiotherapist at the Toronto General Hospital in the 1950s, and a group photo of Libbie and Saul with Libbie's children and grandchildren at a formal event in 1992.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

78

Material Format

textual record

Date

1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of handwritten and typed notes (in a hardcovered notebook and on sheets of paper) of Saul Cowan's memoirs tentatively called "Pictures In My Mind".

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

62

Material Format

textual record

Date

1984-2005

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Max Altshuller was the great-grandfather of Saul Cowan's first wife Lillian Rosenthal.

Scope and Content

File consists of corrspondence between family members concerning reminiscences and genealogy, a family tree of Saul Cowan's parents Harris and Annie Cohen, two descendant family trees of Mayer Gollom (father of Annie Gollom Cohen), and a memoir titled "Altshuller Family Tree". Included in this document are photocopies of photographs, maps, a report on a 2005 reunion in Pontypool, Ontario, and a memoir of Belle Ewart by Al Sherman, which mentions the activities of the Rosenthal, Altshuller, Goldman, and Aiken families, as well as a 24-page descendant family tree of Max Altshuller.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

47

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1994

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : col ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of five copies of the menu for Libbie and Saul's 15th anniversary dinner on June 12, 1994, two speeches by Libbie's family delivered at the event, a donation card to the York-Finch General Hospital Foundation in honour of the couple, and a photograph of Saul with his children Michael and Trudy at the celebration dinner.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Personal records series

Level

File

Fonds

121

Series

2

File

2

Date

1995

Physical Description

1 cm textual records

Scope and Content

Published memoir written by Henry Rosenbaum.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Personal series

Life cycle and family events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

1-5

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978-1999

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of funeral cards and obituaries for the following individuals: Arje Krengel, Louis Kesten, Solomon Rogen, Louis Weisfeld, Rebecca Feldman, Joseph Hafner, Max Podolski, Lillian Troster, Jennie Silverberg, Philip Givens, Cheryl Kleinberg, Anna Shaul, and Moishe (Maurice) Weinstock.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952-1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a variety of personal writings and autobiographical material. Much of the content is written as diary entries.

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

72

Material Format

textual record

Date

1968-1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-2-3

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 wedding invitation

21 photographs (jpg)

Date

1941-1947, 1999

Scope and Content

Accession consists of scanned photographs documenting the professional and personal lives of Libby Rosenberg and her husband, Ronald Rosenberg. Included are photographs of the Canadian Jewish Congress Servicemen's Centre, Libby and Ronald's wedding, and the Royal Canadian Air Force at Fort William. The accession also includes a scan of an invitation to Ronald and Libby's wedding in 1944.

Use Conditions

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects

Married people

Weddings

Name Access

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force

Rosenberg, Libby

Rosenberg, Ronald

Places

Fort William (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

4

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1952

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Libby Morris (born 1930 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian comic actress and clown famous for her facial contortions and fast talking. She appeared in several BBC radio shows of the 1950s and moved into TV and film from the 1960s onwards.

She created her own one-woman show, which has played all over the world including off-Broadway and the West End. She has recorded several albums. In America she has appeared in cabaret in New York and Chicago, and has been a guest on various television shows including: The Johnny Carson Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, Jack Parr, and Art Linkletter.

She moved to London, England in the late 1950s, where she starred in her own show and became a successful actress where she is still working today.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of Libby Morris.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Subjects

Actors

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1797

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Apr. 1979

Physical Description

2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print and corresponding negative of a former Jewish funeral chapel on Vine Street in Hamilton, Ontario.

Notes

Location of negative 16:6:4.

Subjects

Architecture

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Cemeteries and funeral homes series

Level

Series

Fonds

4

Series

9

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1953-2000

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

One of Sol Edell’s interests was ensuring the preservation of Jewish cemeteries. He was the president of the Jones Avenue cemetery, a member of the Board of Pardes Shalom and also served as chair of the Cemetery Committee of Clanton Park. He designed the archway at the entrance to Clanton Park's section located in the Roselawn Cemetery. He was also the synagogue’s representative on the Board of Directors of Steeles College Memorial Park.

Scope and Content

Series consists of correspondence relating to the operation of various cemeteries and funeral homes including the Jones Avenue Cemetery, which was established in the late Nineteenth century. Also included is correspondence and financial reports from Steeles College Memorial Park. As well, there is a plot map of the International Workmen's Circle section in the Mount Sinai Cemetery, Bathurst Lawn Cemetery and Jones Avenue Cemetery. Finally, there are photographs of the Pardes Shalom Cemetery and three audio-visual recordings of Jones Avenue Cemetery.

Notes

Physical description note: includes 11 photographs, 4 architectural drawings, and 3 videocassettes.

Name Access

Pardes Shalom

Dawes Road

Jones Avenue

International Workmen's Circle

Roselawn

Steeles College Memorial Chapel

Mount sinai Cemetery

Subjects

Cemeteries

Funeral homes

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

The Kiever Shul series

Funeral record book file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

5

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974-1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a funeral record book of the Kiever Shul. The first half of the book contains weekly timesheets of individuals who were likely working at the shul, and the second half contains records of funerals held at the shul.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3053

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of a funeral ceremony taking place in Europe. The photograph depicts a man carrying the body of a deceased woman on a stretcher, while a young child and another woman looks on.

Subjects

Funeral service

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Europe

Accession Number

1977-8-30

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1996-3-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1931

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photocopy of the memoir of Joseph Martin, written in Yiddish with an English translation.

Places

Timmins.

Englehart.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Documentation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-17

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1983

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a manuscript of Irving Eisner's memoir with a rejection letter from a publisher.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

1985-1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a report of a trip taken by Saul Cowan to Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in 1985, draft notes and a printed copy of Saul's autobiography entitled "Images In My Mind", and two copies of a CJN book review of this memoir.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Soskin family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

10

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Libby Soskin Rothbart taken at a studio in Chicago.

Notes

Mounted on card.

Photographer: N. L. Gordon, 663 W. Taylor St., Chicago.

Name Access

Rothbart, Libby Soskin

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Chicago (Ill.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

The Kiever Shul series

Funeral service price lists file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

5

File

51

Material Format

textual record

Date

1995-2006

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of price lists of funeral services provided by Hebrew Basic Burial and Steeles Memorial Chapel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

102

File

89

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1939?]

Physical Description

1 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Lillian "Lil" Cowan with her maternal grandmother, maternal great-grandmother, and two children. From left to right: Trudy Cowan, Nessie Soren (née Altshuler), Lillian "Lil" Cowan (née Rosenthal), Celia Rosenthal (née Soren), and Michael Cowan.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1978-7-16

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1939-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the Second World War years memoirs of Yehoshua Zoberman, which are typed in Yiddish.

Administrative History

Yehoshua Zoberman was the father of Frances Zlotnik.

MG_RG

MG 6 K

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2002-10-46

Material Format

object

Physical Description

1 trophy

Date

1960

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an Arts Theatre Club Trophy. This trophy has a wood base, on the left are theatrical masks in gold, on the right is a taller wood block with a plaque on the front, on top is a silver statue. This item has been deaccessioned and removed (11/24/15)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

37

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1958]-2002

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of material documenting the life of Trudy Cowan from high school in Toronto to retirement in Calgary. Included are programs for a high school drama performance and a Historic Sites and Monuments Board Canada event honouring explorer Alexander Henry, membership cards for the Canadian Club and Hadassah-Wizo, a Canadian passport, a high school alumni bulletin, a Father's Day card written by Trudy to her father Saul Cowan, and a speech she delivered at a Hadassah-Wizo annual meeting. In addition, there is email correspondences and newspaper clippings related to Trudy's association with historical organizations such as the Lougheed House Conservation Society, the Glenbow Museum, Fort Calgary, and the Jewish Historical Society Calgary.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

50

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[ca.1976]-[ca.1996]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Rebecca Cowan is the daughter of Saul Cowan's son Michael and his wife Nancy.

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of Rebecca as an infant and a programme of a concert titled "Musica Orbium Requiem op. 9", in which she sung as a soprano.

Subjects

Sopranos (Singers)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

1

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between Jan. and May 1953]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

Norman Cowan was the B'nai Brith's Toronto Lodge president in 1947.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Norman Cowan.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 17: 2: 1309, and Fonds 28 : 6 : 307.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Mrs. Libby Klaperman of Kingston, Ontario, wife of Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman.

Name Access

Klaperman, Rabbi Gilbert

Klaperman, Mrs. Libby

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-6-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

102

File

89

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1939?]

Physical Description

1 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Lillian "Lil" Cowan with her maternal grandmother, maternal great-grandmother, and two children. From left to right: Trudy Cowan, Nessie Soren (née Altshuler), Lillian "Lil" Cowan (née Rosenthal), Celia Rosenthal (née Soren), and Michael Cowan.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2960

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of an unidentified family funeral. The photograph depicts a large crowd around the body of a deceased male, who has been placed outside in his bed.

Subjects

Funeral service

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Poland

Accession Number

1979-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2020-5-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 textual record (.docx)

Date

26. Apr. 2020

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one chapter from Lillian Friendly-Eigles memoir. The chapter Three Weeping Mothers was submitted to the OJA's Covid-19 documentation project. The names in the chapter have been altered for privacy, but is a true account of two of Lillian's friends. Lillian created this chapter while participating in the the Bernard Betel Centre's memoir writing workshop facilitated by Carolyn Peters.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

COVID-19 (Disease)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

27

Material Format

textual record

Date

1999

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a diary handwritten by Saul Cowan's daughter Trudy, from January 27, 1999 to February 8, 1999 while visiting Toronto from her home in Calgary. She relates his physical and mental struggles.

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1926-1995

Physical Description

8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Saul Cowan. Included are images of Saul on Maria Street in Toronto, at Humber River, Saul's University of Toronto Honours of Philosophy graduation portrait (1931), Saul at a cottage in Jackson's Point, in Mexico and at other locations. Identified in the photograph from Cancun, Mexico is Trudy Cowan and Nancy [Wargny?].

Name Access

University of Toronto

Subjects

Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Ontario--Toronto.

Places

Jackson's Point (Ont.)

West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)

Humber (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

39

Material Format

textual record

Date

1992-1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of handwriiten and typed correspondence between Trudy Cowan Luker and her father Saul Cowan and his second wife Libbie, and between Trudy and her aunt Rivka Lieberman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

40

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1911-[197-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

25 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 21 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Lillian Rosenthal from infancy, through childhood, young adulthood, motherhood and as a teacher and grandmother. She is shown with her husband, children, other members of her family, and students. As well, there is a draft copy and three printed copies of a booklet entitled "The Story of Purim" written by Lillian Cowan, and a programme for a joint graduation ceremony for three elementary schools at which Lillian presented school pins to graduates.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

51

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1916-[ca.1997]

Physical Description

11 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of the nine Cowan (Cohen) siblings from childhood to senior adulthood. Their spouses are included in many of the images, and the children and grandchildren of Norman Cowan in one group picture. Highlights include studio portraits of five of the siblings in 1916, a family seder on Henry Street in the 1930s, and Saul Cowan and his sisters Rivka and Jean in Florida in the late 1990s.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

54

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1970-1992

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Jack Cowan was the third of the nine Cohen (Cowan) siblings, and the second boy. His son Bernard Cowan was the announcer's voice on the television show " Front Page Challenge".

Scope and Content

File consists of two copies of Jack Cowan's 1989 memoir, an announcement of his 70th birthday party hosted by Toronto United Jewish People's Order, newspaper clippings about the 60th and 65th anniversaries of Jack and his wife Anne, and an invitation to their 60th anniverary party. As well there is an obituary for Jack and two speeches about the couple delivered by their grandchildren at a memorial event in 1992 and a photograph of Anne taken in the 1970s or 1980s.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

55

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[195-]-1990

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 10 cm or smaller

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Bernard Cowan was the only child of Jack Cowan (the third of the nine Cowan siblings). Bernard predeceased both his parents, passing away at 68 years of age. He had a notable career in radio and television and was well known as the announcer on CBC's "Front Page Challenge". He was also a founding member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Television and Radio Artists).

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of Bernard Cowan in the 1950s and 1970s, and with his wife and children in the 1950s or 1960s, as well as a newspaper clipping about his career, obituaries, and a funeral card from Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

57

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1949-[197-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 9 cm and 9 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Moe Cowan was the fifth of the nine Cowan siblngs and the third boy.

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of Moe and Eunice Cowan's daughter Pearl at Wapaska Lodge in 1949 for the anniversary of her grandparents, and a photograph taken in the 1970s of Moe and Eunice with their three children Don, Pearl, amd Joan.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

61

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1923-2002

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : colour and sepia ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Miriam Cowan Rose was the youngest of the nine Cowan siblings and the fourth girl.

Scope and Content

File consists of family correspondence, two copies of a single page memoir about her parents written by Miriam, and photographs of Miriam as a toddler and in her 40s.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

63

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1944-2001

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of miscellaneous Cowan family correspondence including a copy of a handwritten letter from the patriarch Harris Cohen to his children and grandchildren, and correspondence to and from the extended family in Canada, United States, and Britain. There is also a note to Trudy Cowan and her husband Leonid from Shelley Wolkin, the daughter of Saul's second wife Libbie, with a photo of Shelley's baby son Jay.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

64

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1975?]-[1995?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of miscellaneous undated correspondence between Cowan family members, relatives and friends. Included are Christmas, Hanukkah, and sympathy cards, a birthday poem for Saul Cowan, a valedictory speech written as a Yiddish poem, and a letter in Hebrew sent from Israel to Rivka Lieberman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

68

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1972-2001

Physical Description

5 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm and 9 x 13 cm and 8 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a portrait of Mark Samuels, a group photo of Cowan and Rose cousins including Trudy Cowan, a photo of Jules and Pat Ross, a photo of Trudy and a few relatives at a simcha, and a photo of Trudy, two cousins, and her aunt Miriam Rose on the deck of an indoor swimming pool in New Jersey. The group had gathered to celebrate the 99th birthday of Rivka Lieberman in 2001.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

77

Material Format

object

Date

1965-1978

Physical Description

2 plaques

Scope and Content

File consists of an acrylic plaque with an embedded key presented to Saul Cowan, Chairman of the North York Board of Education on the opening of Downsview Heights Junior High School by Irving D. Bogdon Associates, Architects, 1965 and a glass or acrylic plaque inscribed as the D. B.(Bing) Caswell Award presented to Saul Cowan in 1978.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

83

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[ca. 1910]-1990

Physical Description

73 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an album of photographs and some textual material. Photographs are black and white and colour and feature a number of generations of the Cowan extended family in multiple locations. Textual material includes a letter from the Lawrence Heights Medical Centre of which Saul Cowan was a member of the Board of Directors, a York-Finch Hospital publication, two CPPNW newsletters (Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), and a Manor-Metropolitan Lodge of B'nai Brith publication "Harmony".

Physical Condition

Material is on sticky pages in album.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

90

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942-[ca. 2001]

Physical Description

32 photographs : b&w and col. ; 28 x 32 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs documenting the life of Trudy Cowan Luker from infancy to age 60. Included are pictures of Trudy as a baby with her parents Saul and Lillian Cowan and brother Michael Cowan, as a young child with family and friends at Wapaska Lodge, and in group photos at Homewood Elementary School. Photographs of Trudy as a teenager include those taken with the Bathurst Heights Collegiate Drama Club, group photos of campers and staff at Camp Ogama, several photos taken in front of the family home on Brucewood, and her high school graduation portrait. There are images taken at her graduation in Physical and Occupational Therapy from the University of Toronto in 1962, and a studio portrait taken in 1980. Later photographs showcase her involvement in cultural, civic, and historical pursuits including activities at Fort Calgary and a heritage event in Markham, Ontario attended by Prince Charles. As well, there is a photograph of Trudy wlcoming the family of her husband Leonid Luker when they landed at Mirabel Airport, Montreal as immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

91

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1956-1989

Physical Description

1 scrapbook ; 32 x 31 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a scrapbook documenting the participation of Trudy Cowan, her brother Michael Cowan, and cousin Phil Cowan in dramatic productions in high school, university, and beyond. Included are events staged by the drama group at Bathurst Heights Collegiate, B'nai Brith Youth, Simpson's Collegiate Drama Festival, the Ontario One Act Play Festival, and the Univerity College Follies at Hart House, University of Toronto. Trudy played leading roles in many of the productions and Michael acted as musical director and played piano at rehearsals. Memorabilia in the scrapbook includes tickets, programmes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence. The last event is a 1989 production at Heritage Park Calgary in which Trudy Cowan portrayed Nellie McClung as well as producing the event.

Subjects

Scrapbooks

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

102

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1902-2002

Physical Description

90 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

Saul Cowan (1910-2002) was the seventh of nine children born to Zvi Hirsh (Harris) Cohen (1872-1954) and Chana Leah (Annie) (née Gollom) Cohen (1873-1960). His siblings were Woolf Cowan (Colvin) (1896-1987), Kate Cowan (b.1898) (m. Wener), Jack Cowan (1900-1992), Rivka (Reva) Cowan (1902-ca.2002) (m. Lieberman), Moe Cowan (b.1904), Jeanne Cowan (b.1906) (m. Kallman), Norman Cowan (b. 1909) and Miriam Cowan (b. 1919) (m. Rose).

The Cowan family immigrated to Toronto from England with their six oldest children circa 1908. Harris worked as a tailor in England and as an operator in men's clothing factory Tip Top Tailors in Toronto.

Saul graduated from the University of Toronto in 1931 in honours philosophy.

In 1932, Cowan married Lillian Rosenthal (1910-1978), the daughter of Morris (1883-1967) and Nessie (Celia) (née Soren) Rosenthal (1881-1969). Together, they had two children, Michael (b. 1939) and Trudy (b. 1941). The Rosenthal family ran a boarding house on Hanlan's Point and had a place at Belle Ewart. In 1945, Morris and Celia purchased Wapaska Lodge on Muskoka Bay just outside Gravenhurst and ran it as a family resort from 1948-1965.

Lillian, who was a public school teacher, passed away in 1978 and the following year Saul married Libbie Aiken (d. 2006). Libbie had been the head physiotherapist at the Toronto General Hospital during the late 1940s.

Saul pursued a career with the North York Board of Education serving as both trustee and chairman from 1958 to 1976. He was also very involved with the Jewish community and the growing North York community. He was also involved with organizations such as B'nai Brith, Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (CPPNW), and the North York Social Planning Committee. He was a founder of the York Finch General Hospital.

Trudy studied physical and occupational therapy at the University of Toronto but changed career direction when she moved to Calgary in 1969 and became involved in historical organizations such as the Glenbow Museum, the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, and the Lougheed House Conservation Society. She married Leonid Luker (b. 1937) in 1982.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the Cowan (Cohen) family and their connected branches including the Rosenthal, Soren, Gollom, Aiken, and Altshuller families. The records originated from Saul Cowan, his first and second wives, Lillian Rosenthal and Libbie Aiken, and his daughter, Trudy Cowan Luker. Records include photographs of family members at graduations, weddings, school, religious events, camping activities, and milestone celebrations. Textual records include traditional and email correspondence, marriage certificates, passports, immigration documents, family histories, theatre and concert programmes, and newspaper clippings. Many of the records document Saul Cowan's personal and professional activities. The majority of the material relates to the Cowan and Rosenthal families.

Notes

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: Includes 386 photographs, 2 audiotapes, and 6 objects.

Four books from the collection have been removed and integrated into the OJA's library holdings. These include titles Have I Ever lied To You Before? by Jerry Goodis, My Outlook by Jack Cowan, When Partners Become Parents by Carolyn Pape Cowan and Philip A. Cowan, and Front Page Challenge: History of a Television Legend by Alex Barris.

Name Access

Cowan (family)

Subjects

Families

Accession Number

2008-6-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Cowan, H. T.

Page Number

498

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger